Sunken Boat at Orton Staunch (1991)
The remains of a sunken boat, believed to date back to the 1940s, at low water below Orton Staunch in 1991.
The Sale of the Orton Estate (1915)
Booklet extracts from a 1915 sale in London of Orton Hall and the Orton Estate to include the Gordon Arms, 12 farms, 38 cottages...
Pauley Wheelwrights, Orton Waterville (1911)
Sutton born John Pauley and his sons were wheelwrights based in Orton Waterville in the early 1900s. This photo of a cart belonging to...
Early Days at Ferry Meadows
Two very early images from Ferry Meadows.
Orton Staunch
Another stunning old image of Orton Staunch for the collection, complete with a young gent and his lady friend taking in the scene from...
Orton Centre Library
The Orton Centre Library pictured in the late 1970s when the square had water fountains.
Nene Parkway Bridge opening (1974)
The first car drives across the newly built, but evidently not yet open, Nene Parkway bridge above Orton Mere in July 1974.
Orton Hall from the air
An interesting aerial shot of Orton Hall taken during the period when it was a Peterborough & Huntingdon Education Authority school for girls with special needs....
Peterborough Railway Society (1972)
A Peterborough Railway Society "brake van special" on the British Sugar Corporation sidings in 1972.
Orton Staunch on the River Nene
In the early 1700s, the Nene was considered navigable upstream only as far as the mill at Alwalton. Beyond that the river course was...